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. 1998 Apr;101(5):1364-73.
doi: 10.1097/00006534-199804050-00036.

A review of explantation in 240 symptomatic women: a description of explantation and capsulectomy with reconstruction using a periareolar technique

E P Melmed  1
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A review of explantation in 240 symptomatic women: a description of explantation and capsulectomy with reconstruction using a periareolar technique

E P Melmed. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Apr.

Abstract

A review of 240 women who were explanted is presented. The analysis reviewed physical problems, systemic complaints, and whether explantation relieved symptoms and improved patients.

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